dunce
dunce definition
dunce (duns)
noun
- a dull, ignorant person
- a person slow at learning
Etymology: after John Duns Scotus: his followers, called Dunsmen, Dunses, Dunces, were regarded as foes of Renaissance humanism
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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